Libertarian news & views (18/12/08)
Once again, climate change was a big issue in the libertarian blogosphere. Jennifer Marohasy notes the Rudd 5% commitment and discusses the role of oceans in climate change, we hear that Al Gore says the arctic may disapear, Jim Fryar gives the facts of stranded polar bears, Tim Wilson looks at the climate policy & free trade, while Andrew Norton looks at climate change in the media.
Jason Soon sparked a debate about the economics of Nazi Germany. Speaking of world wars, SkepticLawyer looks at Hoppe’s hypothetical about how the world would have looked without America joining WW1.
Andrew Norton keeps an eye on the voucher debate, and concludes that the Bradley higher education reports undermines their voucher proposal by failing to fix the price signals. Sinclair Davidson also isn’t impressed.
Australia’s libertarian political party got it’s name back, and Jim Fryar posts a speech done by LDP Treasurer David Leyonhjelm on guns. Also on guns, Jason Soon noted the modest relaxation of gun laws in NSW. And more on politics… Sukrit Sabhlok explores the links between libertarians and the left, and Amir Butler points out that Bush’s legacy is statism.
Back on the economic crisis, Stephen Kirchner looks at the role of Lehman Brothers in the US collapse while Alan Moran objects to the spending policies of Kevin Rudd. And over at Online Opinion, Justin Jefferson blames the economic troubles on government, not capitalism.
Liberal Democrats
Well, it’s official. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is back.
The AEC have just announced that the LDP (Australia’s only registered libertarian party) has won its case to return to our original name. Before the 2007 election, the party was forced to change its name to “Liberty & Democracy Party” in the face of Liberal Party legislation. But thankfully sanity has returned… and the original name has been approved.
This is also a good time to mention that I will be heading down to Sydney in January 2008 to do some work for the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS). As the CIS likes to keep at arms-length from political parties, that means I’ll have to step away from the LDP.
It also means I’m looking for a place to stay in Sydney for a few months… so if you know of anywhere, please contact me.
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- Quiggin versus Carling and Kirchner February 9, 2012John Quiggin accuses Robert Carling and I of ‘an appalling breach of elementary standards of research’ for not acknowledging that Alberto Alesina’s work on the effectiveness of fiscal stimulus and consolidations is ‘highly controversial.’ In fact, we referenced Alesina’s work precisely because it has featured so prominently in public debate, including in the […]Stephen Kirchner
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